A long snow route with a couple pitches of ice is the hardest type of climbing for which to select an appropriate tool. It used to be that you could either have a good ice tool that sucks for self-arrest or a standard ice axe that can barely climb a pitch of easy ice. Not anymore. Black Diamond…
The Black Diamond 02 Telemark Bindings provide the power and control that hard-charging tele skiers need to push the limits. Under-foot compression springs create a progressive flex that makes the O2 Telemark Bindings a great choice for driving big sticks. Black Diamond designed them with a solid…
Black Diamond’s Tele Crampons bite into hard, slick, steep slopes where skins alone just don’t cut it. Mount these crampons onto your Black Diamond 01 or 02 Telemark Bindings for dawn patrols on melt/freeze surfaces, glacier travel, or ski mountaineering. Pick up the medium for skis up to 82mm…
Make your uphill tours easier by outfitting your Black Diamond telemark bindings with the 01/02/03 Climbing Wires. Just flip them up to ease calf strain on that unrelenting 30-degree ridgeline, and flip them back down for the descent. The Climbing Wires are available in short (3. 5cm) for…